Optimization of Hydraulic Cylinder Design used for container lifting device using Genetic Algorithm

This paper presents the use of different optimization techniques used for the optimization of hydraulic cylinder. These techniques are used to solve a three objective optimization problem in which a hydraulic cylinder is to be designed. It reflects mainly two techniques of Genetic Algorithm using MATLAB R2012a i.e. single and multi-objective optimization with several constraints. Different two dimensional parametric Pareto-optimal plots are obtained for the conflicting objectives like material stress, force on piston, Cylinder wall thickness and cross-sectional area of the cylinder. This optimization analysis strengthens and extends the results suggested by previous works